by Ehsan Bayat | Apr 8, 2024 | Crops, Farm, Middle East
Vertical farming is an agricultural process designed for sustainable food production. It prevents deforestation, promoting recycling, limiting spillage, and avoiding chemical use. In addition, vertical farming machinery and land transport generate very low emissions...
by Ehsan Bayat | May 27, 2022 | Conservation, Crops
Middle East nations are dealing with the loss of agriculturally productive land. Growing populations throughout the region are placing greater demands on food resources, leading to overgrazing and aggressive expansion of farming. Meanwhile, new infrastructure...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jul 29, 2021 | Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm, Infrastructure, Middle East
Over the years, food security has been detrimentally impacted by a myriad of factors, including climate change, conflict, drought, and insects, but the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated hunger problems and erased countries’ years of gains. By hindering transportation,...
by Ehsan Bayat | Jun 4, 2021 | Afghanistan, Agriculture, Crops, Infrastructure, Transportation
As the threat of drought continues to plague Afghanistan, Japan and Sweden are providing millions of dollars in aid to help farmers in some of the nation’s most remote areas. While food security and an unstable food supply remain ongoing problems in Afghanistan, a...
by Ehsan Bayat | May 20, 2021 | Afghanistan, Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm, Infrastructure
While the COVID-19 pandemic has shuttered businesses and limited customer bases across Afghanistan, one type of business has thrived in these conditions: mushroom farming. While growing mushrooms is not new in Afghanistan, the practice has flourished in the past year...
by Ehsan Bayat | May 6, 2021 | Agriculture, Conservation, Crops, Farm, Middle East
Agricultural fairs have been a staple of the world farming community for more than a quarter-century, and officials say that the annual gatherings are more important to Afghanistan’s farmers than ever. The pandemic and recent weather have wreaked havoc on farming in...
